Ultimate Strength of Schedule

Clayton Gray's Ultimate Strength of Schedule Clayton Gray Published 08/18/2022

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The advantages offered by the Ultimate Strength of Schedule (USOS) when compared to traditional SOS displays are numerous and include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Fantasy Points Driven
    Fantasy football is all about scoring fantasy points, so USOS is based on fantasy points.
  • Removed Bias Of Schedule
    Consider the following scenario: Defense A faced the 16 best offenses while Defense B faced the 16 worst offenses. If both defenses allowed opposing quarterbacks to average 300 fantasy points last season, are they equally strong? Of course not; Defense A is far superior as they faced much better offenses. This bias of schedule has been removed from USOS.
  • Positional Breakdown
    If you are looking for a running back, it's much more relevant to see SOS data for running backs (rather than simply rushing data).

The Coloring of the Values

The blue values indicate that the team has one of the eight (seven during the bye weeks) best values in that column. The red values indicate that the team has one of the eight (seven during the bye weeks) worst values in that column.

(Note: a green/red combo was considered, but some people are color blind between those two colors.)

In short:

  • Blue shading is a team with a good schedule at that position
  • Red shading is a team with a bad schedule at that position
Team QBs RBs WRs TEs PKs Def DLs LBs DBs
Arizona 20.6 24.3 34.3 14.4 7.2 5.5 54.1 55.9 84.9
Atlanta 20.9 22.9 34.9 14.1 7.4 5.8 55.4 56.8 85.4
Baltimore 19.4 23.5 33.6 11.2 7.0 5.7 54.0 56.1 85.4
Buffalo 20.5 24.3 34.4 12.5 7.3 5.8 54.5 56.8 87.0
Carolina 20.6 23.4 35.2 13.0 7.0 5.7 54.6 56.4 84.6
Chicago 20.0 24.2 34.0 10.5 6.8 5.1 54.2 56.3 85.1
Cincinnati 20.3 22.7 34.6 11.8 6.9 5.8 55.2 57.0 86.7
Cleveland 19.9 23.1 33.8 10.4 6.4 5.9 54.4 56.7 86.2
Dallas 20.7 23.5 34.5 12.7 6.9 5.5 55.0 55.5 85.1
Denver 21.0 24.4 34.2 13.0 7.0 5.8 53.9 56.6 86.3
Detroit 20.5 24.1 34.0 12.0 7.4 5.4 54.9 55.2 86.0
Green Bay 20.3 24.0 34.5 12.2 7.6 5.6 55.1 56.9 86.2
Houston 20.4 22.6 34.2 12.5 6.8 5.8 54.6 56.1 85.8
Indianapolis 20.2 23.3 34.5 10.8 7.1 5.7 54.4 56.4 85.9
Jacksonville 20.5 23.5 34.1 11.7 6.5 5.7 54.6 56.6 85.3
Kansas City 20.0 23.7 33.4 12.3 6.9 5.6 53.1 56.5 85.6
LA Chargers 20.6 23.6 34.6 13.2 6.9 5.8 53.7 56.0 85.0
LA Rams 20.7 23.8 34.5 13.1 7.0 5.2 54.2 56.4 85.3
Las Vegas 20.4 23.4 34.2 12.8 7.0 5.5 53.6 56.4 85.6
Miami 19.7 24.7 32.6 10.2 6.8 5.5 53.8 56.7 86.6
Minnesota 20.2 23.7 33.3 12.0 7.1 5.4 55.0 56.0 85.3
New England 19.9 24.1 33.3 10.9 6.9 5.5 54.0 56.6 86.2
New Orleans 20.7 23.7 34.9 13.3 6.9 5.6 54.7 56.3 85.5
NY Giants 21.0 22.9 34.5 12.4 6.8 5.6 55.5 55.9 85.6
NY Jets 19.4 23.4 33.0 11.0 6.8 5.5 53.9 56.4 86.2
Philadelphia 20.9 22.8 35.6 11.7 7.4 5.6 55.3 56.4 85.6
Pittsburgh 19.7 23.0 33.2 12.1 6.2 5.8 54.5 56.1 85.6
San Francisco 21.1 24.0 35.0 14.8 7.5 5.7 54.4 55.8 85.4
Seattle 20.5 23.8 34.7 12.9 7.3 5.7 53.9 56.3 85.5
Tampa Bay 20.9 23.0 35.0 13.3 7.0 5.8 55.1 56.5 85.2
Tennessee 19.9 23.1 33.1 11.2 6.2 5.5 53.3 55.3 85.2
Washington 20.3 23.4 34.3 11.8 6.9 5.5 55.0 56.1 84.8
NFL Average 20.4 23.6 34.2 12.2 7.0 5.6 54.4 56.3 85.6

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